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Marmaduke Pickthall

1875 - 1936

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Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall (born Marmaduke William Pickthall; 7 April 1875 – 19 May 1936) was an English Islamic scholar noted for his 1930 English translation of the Quran, called The Meaning of the Glorious Koran. His translation of the Quran (usually anglicized as "Koran" in Pickthall's era) is one of the most widely known and used in the English-speaking world. A convert from Christianity to Islam, Pickthall was a novelist, esteemed by D. H. Lawrence, H. G. Wells, and E. M. Forster, as well as journalists, political and religious leaders. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marmaduke Pickthall has received more than 409,473 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Marmaduke Pickthall is the 5,418th most popular writer (down from 4,772nd in 2019), the 4,415th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,850th in 2019) and the 494th most popular British Writer.

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  • 410k

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  • 43.12

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Marmaduke Pickthall ranks 5,418 out of 5,755. Before him are Léon Frapié, Robert Sabatier, Michael Blake, Rolf Jacobsen, Robert E. Sherwood, and Winston Churchill. After him are Samuel Benchetrit, Timur Vermes, Serhiy Zhadan, Sony Lab'ou Tansi, Akiva Goldsman, and Pat Barker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Marmaduke Pickthall ranks 159. Before him are Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Andreas Michalakopoulos, Jean Cau, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Tomás Berreta, and Jean-Guy Gautier. After him are Béla Békessy, Františka Plamínková, Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah, Roscoe Lockwood, Gunnar Höjer, and László Berti. Among people deceased in 1936, Marmaduke Pickthall ranks 160. Before him are Prudencia Ayala, Ivan Fomin, Vilho Lampi, Lorenzo Mangiante, Arthur Amundsen, and Carlos José Solórzano. After him are Grigory Grum-Grshimailo, Abraham Berge, Gunnar Höjer, Edmund Breese, John McKenna, and George Dern.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Marmaduke Pickthall ranks 4,415 out of 7,765. Before him are Bernard Bosanquet (1848), Jason Orange (1970), Ian Burgess (1930), Tony Cascarino (1962), Alexander Melville Bell (1819), and Ray Wilkins (1956). After him are Una O'Connor (1880), Orlando Figes (1959), Raymond Briggs (1934), John Ainsworth-Davis (1895), Kevin Warwick (1954), and Pat Barker (1943).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Marmaduke Pickthall ranks 494. Before him are Robert Edmond Grant (1793), Stephen Spender (1909), Sarah Waters (1966), Thomas Hughes (1822), Darren Shan (1972), and Joe Orton (1933). After him are Pat Barker (1943), Dafydd ap Gwilym (1320), Margaret Drabble (1939), Sam Houser (1972), David Storey (1933), and Alex Garland (1970).

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